Category: Science

The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.

AI chatbots are seduced by misinformation that is delivered in medical jargon, leading them to give potentially dangerous advice.

“Extremophile” bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

A stone being used in the foundation of an old barn in the Czech Republic turned out to be a Bronze Age spearhead mold.

An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.

People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.

In Euclid’s wide, near-infrared, and visible light view, the arcs and filaments of the nebula’s bright central region are situated within a halo of colorful

Archaeologists excavating the foundation of a historic house in Russia discovered 409 coins buried before the revolution in 1917.

Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Here’s what that transition may look

Astrid Eichhorn spends her days thinking about how the laws of physics change at the tiniest scales. Imagine zooming in closer and closer to the

The discovery of a handgun from 1390 found in Germany reveals that portable firearms were used earlier than thought in late medieval Europe.

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion

A woman’s rare condition made it unlikely for her to conceive without reproductive assistance, but in her case, she eventually bore a child without fertility

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major